Little Forest

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Movie
German title Little Forest
Original title Little Forest ( 리틀 포레스트 )
Country of production South Korea
original language Korean
Publishing year 2018
length 103 minutes
Rod
Director Lim Soon-rye
script Hwang Seong-gu
production Jenna Ku
music Lee Jun-oh
camera Lee Seung-hoon
cut Kim Seon-min
occupation

Little Forest is a film by Lim Soon-rye from the year 2018, based on the same slice-of-life - Manga by Daisuke Igarashi .

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Hye-won is studying in Seoul and wants to become a teacher. She has just fallen through her exam while her boyfriend passed and is feeling hungry. Disillusioned with the stressful city life, she returns home to the country. But her mother is not there and just left a letter that she does not understand. Hye-won begins to cook like she remembered her mother. She runs into her childhood friends: Jae-ha, who studied nearby and now runs an extension, and Eun-sook, who works at the local bank and longs for the big city. So that Hye-won is not alone, Jae-ha gives her a dog named Ogu. At first she is averse because she only wanted to stay for a short time. But she stays longer and longer, farming, growing food and cooking for her friends.

A whole year goes by. Jae-ha thinks Hye-won is fleeing her problems in the big city. She thinks about it. She separates from her boyfriend, congratulates him on passing his exam and tells him that she has not only gone to the country for a short time, but has returned. She now understands her mother's letter too. Hye-won decides to return to Seoul to face her problem. In the spring, she returns to the country and takes care of the harvest and cooks. One day she returns home after a bike ride while Ogu is barking. The film ends with the front door open to the house and the happy looking Hye-won.

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The shooting took place in Uiseong County in North Gyeongsang , over 200 km southeast of Seoul .

reception

The film opened in South Korean cinemas on February 28, 2018 and had a total of over 1.5 million viewers.

According to Pierce Conran, Little Forest is a declaration of love for the "slow life". The film is carefully constructed and divided into four acts, which are represented by the four seasons. Kim Tae-ri impresses with her charm, Moon So-ri impresses with her meaningful aura. According to Yoon Min-sik of the Korea Herald, the desire to relax from hectic city life is expressed in Little Forest . The trio around Kim, Ryu and Jin is adorable, the scenes in which Kim prepares and cooks the food make the audience's mouth water and the way Lim depicts the chemistry between Hye-won and her mother is impressive. According to Paige Lim from the Taipei Times , Little Forest is a feelgood movie that gives the viewer a sign to focus on the path instead of the goal. The attractive cooking is an assault on the senses so that the film feels like therapy.

Awards

Korean Association of Film Critics Awards 2018

  • Best 11 films

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Paige Lim: Back to basics. In: Taipei Times . June 13, 2018, accessed October 29, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Little Forest (2018). In: Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved October 28, 2018 .
  3. ↑ a b Pierce Conran: Udine 2018 Review: LITTLE FOREST Will Have You Yearning for the Simple Life. Yim Soon-rye's new drama provides some much-needed inspiration. In: ScreenAnarchy. April 23, 2018, accessed October 28, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Yoon Min-sik: Sanctuary in the 'Little Forest'. Yim Soon-rye's feel-good flick about a young woman's return to farmland is cozy, relaxing and satisfying. In: The Korea Herald . February 21, 2018, accessed October 28, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Paige Lim: Movie Review: Little Forest. This South Korean drama about a young woman who moves to the countryside from the city is a feel-good foodie flick about the simpler pleasures in life. In: Taipei Times . June 14, 2018, accessed October 28, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Lee Seung-mi: 이성민 · 한지민 '영평상' 남녀 주연상… '1987' 최우수 작품상. In: Naver. Sport Chosun, October 22, 2018, accessed October 28, 2018 (Korean).